The meditation for the Treasury today is by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In it he writes, "It is not we who build. Christ builds the church. No man builds the church but Christ alone. Whoever is minded to build the church is surely well on the way to destroying it; for he will build a temple to idols...
Yesterday in bible study, a question was asked, "How do we help someone who says, 'God hates me because life isn't going well for me. Everything that could go right is going wrong..'" How do we comfort someone who believes in their conscience that God hates them? How do we comfort ourselves when...
In the Treasury today, we read of the account of Jesus walking on water and St. Peter's humiliation. The text goes that Jesus sent the Apostles ahead of Him on a boat and Jesus catches up to them later, during the 4th watch of the night. Jesus didn't take another boat out to meet them, but...
After being called to repentance by the Prophet Nathan, St. David, inspired by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Nathan, wrote Psalm 51. One of the greatest verses in this beloved Psalm is verse 7 which prays, "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall...
The Psalmist prays, "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?" (Psalm...
Anxiety is a lovely partner in life. It makes you worry about worrying, fear things that will probably never happen, doubt yourself, and hear everything with a critical ear. Anxiety makes your heart race, your palms sweat, and your body ache. Anxiety is a beast that takes your happiness, your...
My daughter was born at the end of last year, Prior to that, I thought a little bit about how women see themselves in our society today. However, it didn't become a full and stressed filled reality until little Avy bug was born. When her life began in the womb, and when she was brought into this...
Psalm 103 is the psalm for the Treasury today which prays, "He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him. as far as the east is from the west, so...
St. Paul says in Romans, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is...
In the Treasury this morning, Luther's "Babylonian Captivity of the Church," is the chosen devotional writing which says, "2nd Timothy 2:13-If we are faithful, He remains faithful-for He cannot deny Himself. This truth of God, I say, will sustain him, so that if all else should fail, this truth...